Today, many management theorists and practitioners argue that organizations are attempting to move from one paradigm, or worldview, to another (see “How Dialogue Supports…

No systems thinker worthy of the name would argue that a single cause, close in time and space, produces a single result in any…

C.Northcote Parkinson’s now famous adage, “Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion,” may be overly optimistic. Unfortunately, work tends…

Iwant you to create the new print ad campaign. Here’s a copy of what we’ve done in the past and a summary of my…

Metaphors and images are powerful tools that mirror and shape how we perceive and interact with the world. The presumptions we carry about people,…

The brand team for a major soft drink company faces a dilemma: It must decide whether to advertise its well-known diet drink to teenage…

Based on our experience in hosting online events — ranging from a train-the-trainer webinar for 12 to a public forum on enlightened business practice…

Afundamental paradox of working in today’s fast-paced organizations is that we don’t have time to make mistakes, but we don’t have time to avoid…

An organizational and spiritual awakening is currently taking place. On the eve of the new millennium, more and more people are seeking deeper meaning…

How do we manage change in our organizations? Not very well, apparently. According to statistics, the success rate for many planned change implementations is…